To grasp why Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan would insult Moscow by declaring that Crimea is Ukrainian simply forward of a gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one has to know his obsession with the Ottoman Empire. ...

A prime arm wrestler needs a reward if he breaks former world's strongest man Thor Bjornsson's nostril on Saturday, stepping in to supply the following problem because the Sport of Thrones star continues his escapades in boxing. ...

The creator’s capitulated to the mob by agreeing that her descriptions of ‘chocolate colored’ youngsters and ‘odd’ autistic pupils are offensive. They could be, however just for being banal and unimaginative. ...

Artificially generated ‘deepfake’ audio used to copy Anthony Bourdain’s voice in a brand new documentary has triggered backlash, because the celeb chef’s widow says she didn't log off on the AI voice, opposite to the director’s declare. ...

Researchers have efficiently developed a 'speech neuroprosthesis' that has enabled a person with extreme paralysis to speak in sentences, translating alerts from his mind to the vocal tract immediately into phrases that seem as textual content on a display screen.

Postal votes used to make up a handful of votes in elections - now they comprise near half. And, in Batley and Spen, they had been all beneath the management of a Labour council which supported the Labour candidate. It stinks. ...

Brazilians have taken to social media to specific outrage at South American soccer governing physique Conmebol's determination to maneuver the Copa America from Argentina to their nation amid social unrest and warnings of a 3rd Covid wave. ...

UFC celebrity Kamaru Usman has fired a warning to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, saying that Paul might "really get harm" if he retains pushing ahead along with his want to field the UFC welterweight champion. ...

Former Russian rhythmic-gymnastics star Alexandra Soldatova has swapped her leotard for a skydiving outfit to undertake her first-ever parachute leap, plunging by way of the sky earlier than telling her followers that she would "do it once more". ...

Amid a second evening of rioting and clashes between police and protesters in Minnesota, Twitter discovered its personal battleground – reacting in a morally superior and politically handy method to the ransacking of a Greenback Tree retailer. ...